Improvement in mop-heads



UNITED STATES ALEX. BARNES, OF

IMPROVEMENT ATENT DFFIGE,

ASHTABULA, OHIO.

IN MOP-HEADS.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. BARNES, of Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabulaand State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Mop- Head; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, whichrepresents the mop head and handle.

A represents the bow; B, a nut in which the ends ofthe bow are secured,and through which the screw 0 passes; D, a cross-piece, in which one endof the screw 0 is secured by riveting in such a manner that, although itcannot be drawn out, it revolves easily in the cross-piece. The ends ofthe cross-piece D are grooved or out out, so as to lit and slide easilyupon the sides of the bow A, which form guides for the cross-piece. Theother end of the screw 0 is firmly fixed in the handle E. Thecross-piece being withdrawn the required distance from the bow by meansof the screw attached to the the handle of the mop and turning it, andwhen the new cloth is replaced it is quickly secured by turning thehandle in the opposite direction.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the screw 0 and crosspiece D in connection with thebow and nut, as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

ALEXANDER BARNES. Witnesses:

JAMES BALLARD,

CHAS. KENDALL.

